The criminal case against Nadezhda showed the government's corruption.
The prosecution of Kabardino-Balkaria's Emergency Situations Ministry head, Mikhail Nadezhin, was initiated in the republic and is linked to the interests of local clans, not the federal authorities. Paying officials favors for resolving issues is common in all regions of the North Caucasus, according to analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot."